Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-02-25
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An eyperieuced poultryman thinks that
the cause OF failures Ia the many attempts 70
keep fowls In large numbers IL Cue to 4 lack
OF care. farmer will rise at o'clock In the
morning 10 feed and milk hts cows, will care.
fully clean out the stalls and prepare beds
for the cows, and his work does not end I'LL
late, but hs will not do 20 much work for the
hena Yet tho hens will pay Ave times -
much pront, In proportion 10 labor and capi.
~ Invested, - oowA
Hay tea and oatmeal Cruel 10 claimed -
the beat food for calves raised by hand. The
di1hculty In raising calves, when they are
taken from their dams, II the " scourA"
When this IN noticed the food should b
cooked. and OF the most diRestible nature
Raw ground oats and steamed clover 10 BEST
Sof them whom they are six months old, ~
such food will cause them 70 grow very ra.
pldly, but previous to that age the mode OF
teedink must be done judiclously.
A ration for COW weighing 1000 pounds
pounds; barley meal pounds iinseed
meal pounds; cottonsoed meal pounds,or
total OF . pounds per day. The product
nom tho COW will depend upon her shelter
and breeding, and, though the above estimate
y ior COW weighing l,00o pounds, yet some.
thing depends upon her appetite, health and
condition.
As . protection to trees against mice, rab.
0itss borcrs, etc, screen inside OF common
window wire Ii recon mended. The wire 10
Gus into strips about ak inches wide, across
The end OF the roll which 10 usually about
Two ieet In width, and the strips wound
around q broom hnndla When placed around
trees the spring oi the wire holds them In
plooe, o1d they do not bind the trees.
II oornfodder be cut and crushed DO - TO
b In the Same condition a. ordinary cut.
fc1d, and moistened, horses and cattle can be
through the winter In good condition
'9fo..Ad grain must be also allowed, ~ the
Cornfodder, though serving to supply bulky
food, must 10 balanced by material OF Q moro
concentrated character.
II the weather become warm, plow the
ground for the garden aud let Il freeze be-
fore winter passes over. The garden 10 .
spot that should never be overlooked. II
Affords greater variety for tho table than
any other piece of ground on tho farm, and
shere Will never be any loss or waste Of
garden.
Bone meal In eXceileut for all kinds OF
poultry, ~ II not only supplies them with
pnoephates and proportion Of nitrogen, but
also OF lime for the shell OF eggs II e used
largely In the food Of young chicka Broken
or pounded bones are more acceptable TO
admit fow 10 than bone meal.
Charrod wood from the stove, or charcoal
u any shape, In excellent for hogs. II 10 best
TO keep charcoal In the pens where the hogs
can always have free access to It. Rotten
wood is also relished by hogs, and they are
very fond OF burnt bread or other chxrred
substances.
For old stock tha. csnno. properly mastl.
. the whole grains, there Is nothing that
will fatten 90 readily ~ ton parts meal and
one part linseed meal II the mixture 10
motstened with warm water, and slightly
sAltsd 70 give It seasoning, the animals will
eat II clean.
The deRlse OF fat depends upon the kind
Of food. Experiments show that whom the
proportion OF non. .nitrogenous to nitro.
gonous substance IN the food Is com psratively
high the proportion OF carcass In the live
Wsi9ht IL also oom paratively high.
II you do not wish to bs backward with
work In the spring do all your pruning and
cutting bark now, ~ the work cannot be
done should the season DO warm. To begin
spring work should be TO work the ground,
not the trees or vince.
Tho hop crop last year was about p2, 900
900 tons, leaving = surplus OF 10 900 tons. Yet,
- the hop crop !, sometimes very uncertain,
prices may go up again before the close Of
AWhenever II Is noticed that the hogs eat
oIel II In sign that something that they
8~S0 In lacking, A few pieces OF ooal or char.
coal will probably be u cure, while the food
should At the same time DO varied.
Should spring open early, and the grass
start, do not be tempted 70 allow tho stock to
Rrase on It until Il 10 well under growth.
Tranpling on young grass does more damage
MAN graEing 1t closely.
Even two or three feeds Of cooked turr ips
or potatoes each week IL better than toiomit
such food altogether. 1t 10 variety that pro.
notes health aud keeps tho stock In condi.
tiOn.